Dr. Steven M. Carr
Department of Biology
St. John's NL A1B 3X9,
e-mail: scarr@mun.ca
Bio4270 Course Outline for Winter 2022 (updated 2022 Jan 06)
Required Text: M Morange (TL Fagan & JM, translators) (2021). A History of Biology. Princeton. [Available through Amazon and (or) online]
Recommended Text: WF Bynum, EJ Browne, R Porter (1981). Dictionary of the History of Science. Princeton.
Resource List (updated 2022 Jan 03)
Names in History of Biology (.zip file) (updated 2022 Jan 03)
Project Presentation suggestions & instructions (updated 2022 Jan 03)
Other web pages of interest:
Genetic Research in my lab
Bio2900 (Principles of Systematics & Evolution)
Bio4241 (Advanced Genetics)
Bio4250 (Evolutionary_Genetics)
Click here to e-mail me questions, comments, or suggestions.
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Labs: Mon 1400 - 1700 (Online in 2022)
Office Hours: TuTh 1015 - 1200 CSF-4342 (Online in 2022)
Course lecture notes:
These notes are revised before & after lectures; check frequently for revisions.
| Week |
Lecture
Topic |
Week
of 2022 |
Lab
Topic |
Lab
2022 |
Notes |
| 1 |
Introduction |
Introduction |
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| 2 |
Natural
History in the Ancient World |
Jan 10 |
"Galileo" ()
[]
[notes]
|
Jan 10 |
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| 3 |
Evolutionary
Biology: Darwin's
Century |
Jan 17 |
"The Voyage
of Charles Darwin" ()
&
(notes) |
Jan 17 |
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| 4 |
Evolution
& Genetics: Mendel's Century |
Jan 24 |
"The Voyage of Charles Darwin" (1978) & (notes) | Jan 24 |
Zoom |
| 5 |
History of
Classical Genetics |
Jan 31 |
"The Voyage of Charles Darwin" (1978) , (notes) | Jan 31 |
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| 6 |
History of DNA & Molecular Biology | Feb 07 |
"" (notes) |
Feb 07 |
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| 7 |
History of Developmental Biology: Ex Omnia Ovum | Feb 14 |
"Great Scientists Speak Again:"
(notes) & (notes) |
Feb 14 |
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| 8 |
Winter Break |
Feb
21-25 |
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| Midterm Exam |
Th, Mar 03 |
Midterm exam questions, 2022 March 03 |
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| 9 |
History of
Cell Biology: Omnis cellula e cellula |
Mar 07 |
"" () (notes) [] | Mar 07 |
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| 10 |
History of
Microbiology: Theories of Disease |
Mar 14 |
"Paul Ehrlich's Magic Bullet" () (notes) | Mar 14 |
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| 11 |
History
of Sex Determination |
Mar 21 |
"Great Scientists
Speak Again": [notes],
[notes] |
Mar 21 |
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| 12 |
Genetics in Soviet Russia: the Lysenko Affair | Mar 28 |
See
review by Borinskaya et al. (2019) |
Mar 28 |
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| 13 |
Project Presentations (Example) | Apr 04 |
"The Andromeda Strain" () (notes) | Apr 04 |
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| Final Exam Sample Questions, 03 April |
Final Exam: Wed, 2022 April 13, 0900 - 1100 |
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| Alternative Lectures: |
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| Genetics in Soviet
Russia: the Lysenko Affair |
"The Lysenko
Affair" (BBC) |
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| Philosophy of Science:
,
,
et al. |
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| Extraordinary
Scientific Delusions .... |
"GATTACA" () |
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| History of
Paleontology: Bones & Dynamite |
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